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Will death be sent your way? Richard Montrose is an eccentric loner and clockmaker, fascinated by violent crime. When a series of gruesome murders occur in the sleepy Oxfordshire village of Long Gallop, Montrose can't stop himself from investigating. Soon the whole village is discussing the 'Postbox Killer', a madman who deposited the mutilated remains of his victims in postboxes throughout the region. But Montrose discovers that his own background closely resembles the usual profile of a serial killer, and to Chief Inspector James Holbrooke, he seems an increasingly suspicious figure ...Holbrooke and the police are utterly baffled by the terrifying activities of the Postbox Killer and ramp ...
A small village harbors big secrets in this spine-tingling novel of mystery and madness from the author of The Doppelgänger Deaths. When police fail to solve the disappearance of a young man, PI Patrick Haskell is called to investigate. Before he went missing, Reg Coombes, an avid historian, had been researching the existence of so-called “ghost villages”—old, deserted communities. One such village, Witherych, is said to be located close to the isolated hamlet of Marshwood, the location of Coombes’s last-known whereabouts. On the hunt for answers, Haskell travels undercover to Marshwood, using the alias Patrick Harley. But what begins as a routine investigation soon goes awry as Has...
An apparent case of spontaneous human combustion is enough to test the very limits of Detective Inspector Dryer's beliefs, so when Augustus Smith appears, claiming the victim was targeted by an ancient demom that others will suffer the same fate, this proves too much to take. But could Smith possible be telling the truth? This and four other tales of the strange and mysterious make this collection from Edmund Glasby.
Contemplating a scheme to plunder a sinister Venetian island of a rumoured hoard, a tour company advisor finds more there than he bargained for... The group gathered for the reading of a will get the shock of their lives... A distant oil-drilling platform endures a bizarre siege... A man undergoes a hideous transformation... The night shift in a morgue takes a deadly turn... In an English village on All Hallows Eve, an ancient evil reawakens. Six tales of horror and the macabre by Edmund Glasby.
Respected horror anthologist Stephen Jones edits this collection of 17 stories inspired by the 20th century's master of horror, H.P. Lovecraft's "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," in which a young man goes to an isolated, desolate fishing village in Massachusetts, and finds that the entire village has interbred with strange creatures that live beneath the sea, and worship ancient gods.
Another romp through the pulp fiction jungle - mystery, science fiction, horror! Classic and new stories! FEATURED STORY NIGHTMARE IN ICE by John S. Glasby Something terrifying lurked outdoors amidst the harsh snow and ice - and it desperately wanted to get inside! JOHN GLASBY: MEMORIES OF MY FATHER by Edmund Glasby Author Edmund Glasby discusses the life and stories of his prolific father. Classic Pulp Fiction "Episode" by E. C. Tubb; "I'll Wait for You" by Shelley Smith; "Mr. Walker Sees the Show" by Ernest Dudley. New Pulp Fiction "Halo In Gold" by Jack Halliday; "Maneater" by Terry Wijesuriya; "The Dragon Lady And I" by Teel James Glenn; "He Died Smiling" by Michael A. Wexler; "The Intervention Of Professor Omega" by Don E. Smith, Jr.; "The Night Is More Richly Colored Than The Day by C. Dan Castro" Pulp History / Departments Editorial by Audrey Parente; "Rough Edges" book reviews byJames Reasoner
An elderly man aggressively defends his private domain against all comers?including his daughter;a policeman investigates an impossible horror show of a crime; a father witnesses one of the worst things a parent can imagine; the abuse of one child fuels another’s yearning; an Iraqi war veteran seeks a fellow soldier in his hometown but finds more than she bargains for . . . The Best Horror of the Year showcases the previous year’s best offerings in short fiction horror. This edition includes award-winning and critically acclaimed authors Adam L. G. Nevill, Livia Llewellyn, Peter Straub, Gemma Files, Brian Hodge, and more. For more than three decades, award-winning editor and anthologist ...
For a quarter of a century, this multiple award-winning annual selection has showcased some of the very best, and most disturbing, short stories and novellas of horror and the supernatural. As always, this landmark volume features superior fiction from such masters of the genre and newcomers in contemporary horror as Michael Chislett; Thana Niveau; Reggie Oliver; Tanith Lee; Niel Gaiman; Robert Shearman; Simon Strantzas; Lavie Tidhar; Simon Kurt Unsworth and Halli Villegas. With an in-depth introduction covering the year in horror, a fascinating necrology and a unique contact directory, The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror remains the world’s leading anthology dedicated solely to presenting the very best in modern horror. Praise for previous Mammoth Books of Best New Horror: 'Stephen Jones . . . has a better sense of the genre than almost anyone in this country.' Lisa Tuttle, The Times. 'The best horror anthologist in the business is, of course, Stephen Jones, whose Mammoth Book of Best New Horror is one of the major bargains of this as of any other year.' Roz Kavaney. 'An essential volume for horror readers.' Locus
What is the nature of the evil that terrorises Dyrysgol? Detective Inspector Bernard Owen's investigation involves people disappearing from this remote Welsh village. Local anger is directed towards Dyrysgol Castle and its enigmatic owner. But whilst Viscount Ravenwood is a little strange, is he a murderer?
Jeremy Lavelle, leader of the esoteric Egyptian Society the Order of the True Sphinx, has illegally purchased an ancient Egyptian mummy. Watched by his enthralled followers, he opens the coffin and begins to unwrap the body... The head is that of an ancient scribe, his shrivelled and desiccated face staring eyelessly up from his coffin - yet from the neck down, wrapped up in layers of bandages, are not the mummified remains which they had expected. Instead, they stare in horror at the decapitated corpse of a recently killed man!